---
name: "Pest Infestation"
mana_cost: "{X}{X}{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "C21"
set_name: "Commander 2021"
collector_number: "65"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Brian Valeza"
oracle_id: "1b704798-0c69-4c18-ac7e-42933ce90028"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pest-infestation-c21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Pest Infestation
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{X}{G}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy up to X target artifacts and/or enchantments. Create twice X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."

> *Tausend Jahre Geschichte, zunichte gemacht durch einen kindischen Streich.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pest Summoning](/printing/pest-summoning-stx.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
2. [Tend the Pests](/printing/tend-the-pests-stx.md) — Instant
3. [Containment Breach](/printing/containment-breach-stx.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
4. [Pest Rescuer](/printing/pest-rescuer-soc.md) — Creature — Dryad Druid
5. [Send in the Pest](/printing/send-in-the-pest-sos.md) — Sorcery
6. [Feral Appetite](/printing/feral-appetite-soc.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2021 (C21) #65
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Brian Valeza
- **Total Printings:** 34 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`